Posted by
JTB on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:17:46 AM
...Our Lord gives us reasons to believe, like the cross at "ground zero.
Please remember the families of our fellow citizens lost on September 11, 2001.
We choose today to remember
life, and the good things that
make America the Land of the
Free and the Home of the Brave.
Please remember Melissa Vincent, who would have been 34 now; you can see Melissa's photo here.
I
don't know Melissa. I never met her. I probably never met her or any
of her family or any one any of them know. But she was a precious
human life, a beloved daughter. And she had no reason to believe
September 11, 2001 would be any different than any other day.
While
I don't know Melissa personally, I do know she was working as a
"resource manager" for a consulting firm. She managed self-employed
computer folks. Since she had been doing that for more than a month, I
know she must have been kind-hearted, patient, understanding, and
tolerant of diversity--because we computer folks are some "diverse"
so-and-so's...
I imagine, from the various comments found around
the web, that those of us who never met her are poorer for not having
that opportunity.
In spite of that, I'm grateful for the
opportunity to help others remember Melissa. She wasn't the typical
action hero, guns blazing, going commando all over the bad guys--other
people fill that role. She was just just an American with an American
dream; but she's one of 2,996 of my heroes that were added on September 11, 2001...
We will never forget her.
We will never forget any of
them.
Some other links to Melissa's life, in no particular order:
1. Legacy.com site2. 9-11 Heroes site
3. Omicron Theta Chapter Association of the Delta Zeta Sorority
4. Oswego College Alumni site
5. New York Times
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